Monthly Archives: September 2007

Dawn Launch Coverage

[Launch Coverage] | [Commentary] 2:10 AM PST Too early! But despite the small hours of the morning here I am very excited for the big launch of the Dawn spacecraft planned for this morning. NASA TV playing in Windows Media … Continue reading

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Dawn Prepares for Launch

Despite a 24-hour delay, preparations continue for the launch later this week of the Dawn spacecraft to explore two members of the Asteroid Belt. Dawn is now scheduled to be launched between 7:25 and 7:54 AM EDT on Thursday, September … Continue reading

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Reorientation and Shear Heating on Enceladus

In 2005 Saturn’s moon Enceladus was discovered to be an active world with water ice particle geysers at its south pole. The driver of this activity on a moon so small remains a mystery. One possible explanation has been suggested … Continue reading

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Review: Star Trek: Odyssey – "Illiad"

Image Credit: Star Trek: Odyssey promotional wallpaper, with Bobby Rice as Lt. Commander Ro Nevin and Michelle Laurent as Romulan Sub Commander T’Lorra. [Commentary] | [Spoilers] Before there was Star Trek: New Voyages there was Star Trek: Hidden Frontier, an … Continue reading

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Review: Bionic Woman

Image Caption: Promotional wallpaper for NBC’s upcoming Fall 2007 television series Bionic Woman [Commentary] | [Spoilers] Jaime Sommers is now a bartender with an angry kid sister and a professor boyfriend outside her socio-educational demographic. After a horrific car accident, … Continue reading

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SENS3 and the Anchor Pub and Crap Documentaries

I waddled into the Anchor Pub and there was Aubrey with a beer. He asked what I was drinking and I said “One of those” and pointed at his beer and soon had one because he brought me one and … Continue reading

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SENS3 – still processing

I’ve been back from SENS3 for five days, and my brain remains scrambled. In reporting it I can only ramble – as evidenced by last Friday’s H+ Club weekly meetup in Tucson, where I exploited the SENS3 online meeting program … Continue reading

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WIRED NextFest Wrap-up

Image Caption: WIRED NextFest Banner at the Los Angeles Convention Center. The Fourth Annual WIRED NextFest in Los Angeles, California, USA this past weekend offered a glimpse of our technological future with a variety of themed pavilions exploring the future … Continue reading

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Google Lunar X PRIZE Announced

Image caption: X PRIZE Moon exhibit and logo at WIRED NextFest A robotic scavenger hunt to the moon is the next big space competition. The X PRIZE Foundation announced at Wired NextFest, along with representatives from Google, NASA, and one … Continue reading

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WIRED NextFest – Introduction

The fourth annual WIRED NextFest event begins today in Los Angeles, California. Running through Sunday, the event will feature technology exhibits and demonstrations. In addition, the X Prize Foundation will announce their new space prize. Thursday is Education Day, with … Continue reading

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